Smoking patterns in Great Britain: the rise of cheap cigarette brands and roll your own (RYO) tobacco.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Britain, the tobacco industry segments cigarettes into four price categories-premium, mid-price, economy and ultra-low-price (ULP). Our previous work shows that tobacco companies have kept ULP prices stable in real terms. Roll your own (RYO) tobacco remains cheaper still.

Methods

Analysis of 2001-08 General Household Survey data to examine trends in use of these cheap products and, using logistic regression, the profile of users of these products.

Results

Among smokers, the proportion using cheap products (economy, ULP and RYO combined) increased significantly in almost all age groups and geographic areas. Increases were most marked in under 24 year olds, 76% of whom smoked cheap cigarettes by 2008. All cheap products were more commonly used in lower soc

SUBMITTER: Gilmore AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4340325 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature